If a magistrate’s warrant be shown by the constable who has the execution of it to the person charged with an offence, and he thereupon, without compulsion, attend the constable to the magistrate, and after examination be dismissed, it seems this is not suoh an arrest as will support trespass and false imprisonment.
Citations:
[1806] EngR 201, (1806) 2 Bos and Pul 211, (1806) 127 ER 605
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Cited – Jalloh, Regina (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department SC 12-Feb-2020
Claim for damages for false imprisonment brought in judicial review proceedings challenging the legality of a curfew imposed upon the claimant, purportedly under paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 3 to the Immigration Act 1971.
Held: The Court of . .
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Torts – Other
Updated: 07 June 2022; Ref: scu.340989